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How do I sudo in AIX?

Posted on by Arif Clayton

How do I sudo in AIX?

Procedure

  1. Open the sudoers file. Issue the following command: bash-2.05b$ visudo.
  2. If the line Defaults requiretty exists in the file, comment it out. #Defaults requiretty.
  3. Insert the following lines to allow sudo access.
  4. Validate the format of the /etc/sudoers file.

Does AIX have sudo?

The AIX operating system does not have sudo features by default. You must download the sudorpm package from the web and install it in the KSYS node.

How do I check sudo on AIX?

To know whether a particular user is having sudo access or not, we can use -l and -U options together. For example, If the user has sudo access, it will print the level of sudo access for that particular user. If the user don’t have sudo access, it will print that user is not allowed to run sudo on localhost.

What is sudo in AIX?

Grant sudo permissions to the user for AIX commands. Note: By default, the sudo command requires user authentication before it runs a command. The following commands are used by the connector but are not needed in the sudoers file. However, if the sudo user is used, the user needs execute permissions on these commands.

What is sudo I command?

sudo lets you run commands in your own user account with root privileges. su lets you switch user so that you’re actually logged in as root. sudo -s runs a shell with root privileges. sudo -i does this as well, but also acquires the root user’s environment.

How do I configure sudo?

To configure the sudo command, you can edit the sudoers file by using the visudo command. To enable the user to run the commands, in the sudoers file, under the user privilege specification, specify the username and commands. The user can run only the commands specified in the user privilege section for the user.

How do I get sudo command?

Basic Sudo Usage

  1. Open a terminal window, and try the following command: apt-get update.
  2. You should see an error message. You do not have the necessary permissions to run the command.
  3. Try the same command with sudo : sudo apt-get update.
  4. Type your password when prompted.

How does sudo command work?

The sudo command allows you to run programs with the security privileges of another user (by default, as the superuser). It prompts you for your personal password and confirms your request to execute a command by checking a file, called sudoers , which the system administrator configures.

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